St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 21, Number 50, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 4 July 1896 — Page 3

Economy— just think — every bottle of Hood's Sarsaparilla contains 100 doses. This is true only of Hood’s Sarsaparilla The One True Blood Purifier. All drugfists. sl. Hood’s Pills cure biliousness, headache. t .. — Fabulous Profits of Foreign Artists. The amount of good hard American dollars that is carried out of this country every year by foreign artists is enormous and almost exceeds belief. Here is a list which includes the amount of money carried away from our shores by the best known foreigners: Paderewski tops the list with $280,000. The De Reszkes easily took away SIOO,OOO. while Maurcl, Calve and Melba divided $225,000 between them. Plancon, the tenor, and Mme. Nordica are $30,000 ahead on the season. Bernhardt is 8120,000 richer for her short stay here, Henry Irving $70,000, and Eleonora Duse $60,000. Yvette Guilbert, the Paris concert hall singer, and Chevalier, of costermonger fame, pocketed $24,000 and SIB,OOO respectively. There are plenty of others who have added handsome sums to their bank accounts through their brief sojourns in Uncle Sa nA; domain.

AN OPEN LETTER. WHAT MRS. I. E. BRESSIE SAYS 10 AMERICAN WOMEN. Speaks of tier Melancholy Condition After the Birth of Her Child. “I feel as if 1 was doing an injustice to my suffering sisters if I did not tell what Lydia E. Pinkham's I Vegetable Cotapound has done for me, and its Vy'i ] worth to the world. “From the i birth of my child until / / i I ■ he was ( / 1 1 I four years ' old, 1 was H • 222 k.;. ] in poor fc/' IS' / health, { IE but feel- । Lay \ \ ing con- • i vinced that Ut, 1 ; ’ half of the igS I I I^l ailments of II I women were imagined or IB l\ / else culti- JJ/ l\ / jg rated, J J \ II i H I fought R \ [t against / L* my bad n y Ings, until I was obliged to give up. My ▼ disease baffled the best doctors. “ I was nervous,hysterical; my head ache 1 with su.h a terrible burning sensation on the top. and felt as if a baud was drawn tightly above my brow; inflammation of .aestomai h.no appetite, nausea at .he sight of food, indigestion, constipation, bladder and kidney troubles, palpitation of the heart, attacks of melancholia would occur without any provocation whatever, numbness of the limt s, threatening paralysis, and loss of memory to Buch an extent that I feared aberration of the mind. “A friend advised Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, and spoke in glowing terms of what it had done for her. “ I began its use and gained rapidly. Now 1 am a living advertisement of its merits. I had not used it a year when I wa^ the envy of the whole town, 1 for my rosy, dimpled, girlish looks and perfect health. “ I recommend it to all women. I find a great advantage in being able to say, it is by a woman’s hands this great boon is given to women. All honor to the name of Lydia E. Pinkham ; wide success to the Vegetable Compound. “Yours in Health. Mrs. I. E. Bresgre. Herculaneum, Jefferson Co., Mo.”

The Greatest Medical Discovery of the Age. KENNEDY’S MEDICAL DISCOVERY, DONALD KENNEDY, OF ROXBURY, MASS., Has discovered in one of our common pasture weeds a remedy that cures every kind of Humor, from the worst Scrofula down to a common Pimple. He has tried it in over eleven hundred cases, and never failed except in two cases (both thunder humor). He has now in his possession over two hundred certificates of its value, all within twenty miles of Boston. Send postal card for book. A benefit is always experienced from the first bottle, and a perfect cure is warranted when the right quantity is taken. When the lungs are affected it causes Shooting pains, like needles passing through them; the same with the Liver or Bowels. This is caused by the ducts being stopped, and always disappears in a week after taking it. Read the label. If the stomach is foul or bilious it will cause squeamish feelings at first. No change of diet ever necessary. Eat the best you can get, and enough of it. Dose, one tablespoonful in water at bedtime. Sold by all Druggists. _____ When you come in hot and thirsty—HlßES Rootbeer* I® CURES WHtKt ALL ELSE FAILS- E| Bl Best Cough Byrup. Tnotes Good, vse ra la time. Sold by druggistsMgWPfrcfiiFl

CANDIDATES GALORE. HOT TIMES PROMISED AT THE CHICAGO CONVENTION. Chance* of Eastern Men for the Presidential Nomination Not Considered Good — Boies of lowa a Slight Favorite Over the Others. A Wide Open Race. From present indications there will be more excitement to the square inch jammed into the Democratic convention at Chicago than ever before in the history of the party. It will be a mighty clash between the silver soldiers of the West and South against the golden warriors of tb.e East. This will be one feature of the combat. Astute leaders on the other side of the fence acknowledge that the fight will be short and bitter, and that the silver legion will rule the roost. 'Statisticians have figured that the silver delegates will outnumber the others two to one. The feature of the combat which will attract the gaze of the nation, and which will bring out every ounce of lighting stuff in each and every delegate, will be the free for all struggle for the nomination. No presidential convention in the history of the country was ever such an open affair as this promises to be. There are more candidates in the field than ever liefore, and the chance of one man is as good as the next, it would not be a surprising thing Io those skilled in the way of politics if some man, the blackest kind of a dark horse, bobbed up at the eleventh hour and swept the convention like a cyclone. Many people expect this to happen. Chairman llarrity, of the national committee, is one of them. That a Western man will gather in the nomination is practically conceded. The South has some hope, but the cooler heads among the Southern lenders say the time Is not ripe for a man south of the Mason and Dixon line to head the Democratic ticket, particularly one who wears the Confederate button. Rut a sturdy light will be put up for the second place on the

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ticket, nnd if the Sudh » .eel' > U ■ the ElSt W ill be ' . M ■ ilj''. • i West - the field, as a glance at the f >ile« .g .»! show >; A I .on;; I. i«t. Here ar the uam. of ■ men v ■w. be pnsm I L; their rcsp. >■: re ft is f ■■ the nomination: Clnrde Matthews i'ilver> I-.4;.ina Jntr.es E. Campbell übc ;• <-f ;i. o'.! > John M Sehoth-.d < p Su a. ■ t Hmrv M Teller - A.a ' ■ a : I»ar id Bennett H. ru b. Xew X William E. It '. .. . h- p atf ’r.u Mr - chusetts. William Rai's M-rrlsou p.atf ’m. I .. nols. Hora -e Roles iCvcr.. lowa itobert E. Patti* , itae i: ' is mi svlvaida. Richard 1’ B u. 1 „ j. C. s Blackburn oliuT'. Is- nt mky Adlai E. S’er ca >• a '.<■ p .nf-Tue. t .s John Griffen Cari!' - - ld> Ke ' Rlehnrd • Htter g <■! ■. M " o 1 'W - William C. Whl'n.y _ ,4.. " i -:.. John T. M"rg«n '<’vei k ■ v Mat y of those in the above list are . ■» sidered not to have a ph-'st of a show Secret try ('ati.-i' < hopes v .Te ■ .'P • by the defeat of the g ' l f cce in K mtuckv, and the fact that the State d-h cation goes to the convention as a uu t f , r S.-nr ICsrlc :rn Os the I ■ r ' can be said that he does wt I ike :..s ■ . didacy too ser. uis’.y. He is one 'f lev leaders who say that the country is not ready to vote for a ma e Cod federate button. He is a be. ev-r in Horace B ivs. and at the present out'.o.dt the Kentuckians will cet down to bn-i ness for the I >wa man. If the sec md place on the ticket goes to a S cithern man. S. r Blukburn is eons; lered to stand ns good a chance as any one. Senator Morgan of Alabama, whose pos; lion is much the same ns that of the Kentucky stahsman. w 11 get a goodly sine of votes on the first ballot, but he :s not banking heavily on the nomination. The East's Foor Show. Ex-Secretary William C. Whitney has efused to"be a candidate, although a great many of the Eastern delegates AOtild stand ready to fight for him at the drop of the hat. Senator David B. Hid has currency views which the silverttes would never accept and the same can be said of Secretary of State Richard Olney of Massachusetts. The Bay State has a candidate in ex-Gov. William E. Russell, who leans toward gold, but who would probably accept the platform on the currency question. Ex-Gov. Thomas E. Pattison of Pennsylvania, the candidate of William Harrity, chairman of the national committee, is a gold man, but would accept the plat-

form. Harrity Is for gold, but believes W standing by the platform first, last and all the time. His chances are believed to be better than those of any other Eaatern man, but few of the leaders are betting on the East these days. Campbell of Ohio, Boies of lowa, Matthews of Indiana. Morrison of Illinois and , Bland of Missouri are considered to haw the best chance, with Boies a slight favorite over the others. Campbell says he t is not out for the nomination, but, of course, will accept, if it comes his way. Bland. Matthews, Boies and Morrison acknowledge they are out for it and their adherents arc preparing to make a gallant ‘ fight. These four are singularly alike in many ways, representing the sturdy, independent, aggressive, Western type of manhood. SILVER AT CHICAGO. Table Showing the Relative Strength of the '1 w i Forces. All the Democratic State conventions । having been held, it is jiossible now to ' construct a table showing the relative strength of the two factions of the part/ iat the Chicago convention. It is as fol 11 lows: Free I eflver. Gold. Alabama 22 . Arkansas 10 California 18 .. ■ Colorado 8 Connecticut 12 Delaware 6 Florida 8 Georgia 20 . Idaho 0 Illinois 48 .. I Indiana 30 .. > lowa 20 .. ; Kansas 20 .. Kentucky 20 .. Louisiana 18 Maine jo Maryland j 8 Massachusetts BO Mh-hlgan 23 ' Minin sota 3 Mississippi " ’ is Missouri 84 , Montana q I Nebraska 18 Nevada u New Hampshire 8 New Jersey 20 New York T 3 North < ar.-kua 22 • North Dakota 0 . I Ohio 40 Oregon 8 Pennayh ala 64 ■ . Rhode h;aud C

s • ! i. . » lean* .... ; I ' \< r . I . . . . C XX sdl S’ ■ , \ W. \ :-g . . W ■ n>. ..a.; . - CONDITION OF T 'E CROPS. XX int. r XVhc.it Hur* ■ *t Xboi t 1 nd. and Corn 1.-u lxiiK XX . It. Re;, -p st„■■ ■ .1,-.. : I tin r. . ' thro.igti >:tt "a ■ ■ the g. • .I.’ effix-t of the w.athe: the gr uth, I c;.T;i' at .m ami harvest I th. wa re re ved at C cag ' o The fat rabh r It f wliich rap' pt - < k ' : - t •. ■ .n the edltivat.oti , ; • , a', y om and the harv. st : g t n a.te: ■ '.. a', wf... !. is now well ad' .t. • 1 thi m.-r. -.a r I Fly distrwts, I.:. 1 > ; ";W.<-Ty : in suutl«rn m : s. t • r . good pr.-gre-s . .: g '■< vx. - general . onditmn i f x er. • - very ntK 5...-• re It is :. w I elt.g ... ’' y > i-i :.. rth Ms< - ■ 1 ' ' • Tf’ 1" - - In ;; > ■■ - . I th '• .- r.s M pp and Lower M "" Ipt V..'.'.cy<. wl <rc during th< first h. f f M ; c,..: .at b was much .■■ : < . a'-., th. crop very grassy, the fields : re ; < a a, s ly fr< • fr .m weed'. It: Toxas. Lottis::.: ... pet tt n-s .f Arkansas a:l M .-s ".ppi << rn has suffer.'! from drouebt. partt.iiarly in T. xtt-. where n 1. . f :!.< : q >t. ■ far lijhcol to Is. Fell, vel ly r:. : . It; Tex as . I.' ..- an . ■ " • suffer from drought and m.I .a.i.ts es mj::ry from lice art n ttrer. ;- fr- tin eastern por’len of the cott i. 1- .’ A ’uarkeu improvement is reported fro :. 1 ‘,or;da. In Arkati'tis the crop s mas : g s', w grt wt:i. but is clean and well e . tl'u 'ed. In Missouri it is looking we'.'., but fields are very foul. • '<■. : :"U • : • 'tn over the nortl < rr. portion of t!a ■■ :b nr. g. n. Tobace ' planting is about ccnrpk ted and the reports ii.'L. ate nt this cro; is very satisfactory cc.nd'.om Kentucky. Tennessee and bhi< report good gr. wth during the vtxk. In Sf t.tltern Virginia tobacco Is iti bl ".it i.rid some Las been : topped in North Carol.na. A Vancouver syndicate has just completed negotiations f<r the purchase of ■ । ten rich claims accidentally discovered in ■ ■ Cayuse Crock, in the Lillooet district, by a half-breed while hunting mountain : sheep a few daye ago,

A POSTMASTER’S WIFE A LEEDS WOMAN WHO ASTON. ISHED HER FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS. 1° Death, bnt Restored So Completely that She Has Been Accepted uy a Life Insurance Company as a G ood Risk. From the Journal, Lewiston, Me. woman, rosy and fresh irom her household duties, dropped into a cnair before the writer and talked with eveB SaSIU K ^ in ‘ u “ ‘ n her snapping black P CO PIe in the pretty village of Leeds Center, Me., have watched with some interest the restoration to complete health of Mrs. W. L. Francis, wife of the postmaster. So general were the commen.s on this interesting case that the writer who visited Mrs. Francis and learned from her that the statements regaiumg her troubles and her subsequent fri therefrom uro entirely true. 1 nut others may be benefited by her experience, Mrs. Francis has consented ••Tf.V' her story to appear in print. 11 there is anything on earth I dread more than another,” she said, ‘‘it is to see my name in the papers. But in this case v V on S u er my repugnance and give publicly the same credit to the savior of my life as I would to one who had dragged me from a death beneath the waves. In fact, 1 have extolled my preserver so enthus.astically and unreservedly; have •ought out sufferers and recommended rhe remedy to so many friends and acquaintances tiiat already my neighbors jocularly call me. ‘Pink Pills Francis.' But really, my recovery is something that I consider wonderful. I know that there are so many testimonials of medicine in the papers nowadays that people do not pay as much heed as formerly, bnt I do wish folks who are suffering would remember that what I say comes right from the heart of a woman who feels that she । hail a new lease of happy life given to her. 1 “Eleven years ago I was afflicted with j nervous prostration. My existence until 1 two years ago was one of dragging misery. Anyone in the village will tell you of my condition.* My blood seemed exhausted from my veins and month after month I grew weaker. 1 was able to undertake only the I ghtest household work, and even then I c-.-il l perform it only by slow and careful movements. During al] these sorry months and years I was uinl< r the can- of thia doct-w and th;.:, but their medicines helped me onlv •pasinoduaHy, ani | then I fell into relapses more prostrating than ever. ‘‘ln the night I used to be awakened

by the most exermiaiing pains in my heart and side, ami was obi ged to use pchets of [. .wvrftil me.tn ;ne that the doctor gate m,. f>r tel.of in such attacks. At last my ot ' • n be-nine so grave that I went out only ;fr> (j. r.tly We live tip stair* you n>t ... over my husband’s st re. and in d<-■ end,ng the s'a.rw.iy I frequently wnsidd.ged t<> sort of fall and | slide over the steps in order to descend, ■ such »m the str> n on iny system re- • - ■ ration* y I v;» ted the nr.gl.b-rs. but I I was ebh.-ed to sit and r« «t to recover I br< nth «hle as .ad nit nt } elevation. In • (“One day I no «lx rrti«emetit <f i Dr Willieir,*' J'.: k I' A f r I’ale People. I and althoug i my f< th .n rc:ur ses u.:s ‘ I wc»k by that umc, I srn' for a h>* and i trtrd then That «a» two years ng N.u I . - x n, w . I'U t it nonderf’-.I? "I haven't !■ sd ne of th «e ex ru at- < *r>g pi m i t "he h. >rt for a y« tr and a : h-'f. Why, ewn the fir«t I- x of pdls helped Bie. I can u a»k nub •tow . can d > my «’rk ' I ire ga.mul n w. ght I remit ant ly. and you «-otid sn.-vriy be- 1 here it. but a Lttie while nr - I was ri- • tniurd (.f e;,d v». tid .as'irsti- «’ and v a« na 'pwd ~nl.rs.- it. ► » after a care j f nation by the phys etan |.,V «’ 'rr ts »t I’m ah ••■t ug taker, anr »f t? •• r. nv ! y f r • .>>ie(® -sts • a- ■ ■ f-..- •ra - t tr able I know to « a: ."»■! g>- t • : t. Mrs M A P S * r. . f D sS< 1’ o. 03’ here r « ' I g • re- Hbe was suffering fr m .» kof ri- | ta ty sn J bmrf t ■t. Lie, ?»■:• she was ; 1 skep' ala! ' nd T r ■ • at I n.n !s - enrhus s-e ' . . „• At as'. J n-,e wi ‘ U .*r «■<’ n • « « • ' A e wb |e sr • I '■ ' ’• ' -» ■■' er fr .er ' a;.d d. 'I »: ar I. ks • •; I and I’ nk R • ’ She a’*, n r.>te that her i husband Lad D-rn ..ro'.-aa d. but had l.een f* *‘,p?o. by the tetJ-e ly. W. y •: ■ s ■ h » « -rr ; r Sts . <.-r er-:-, tbe n ,d. v k n u . ; ■ That is the : y nas-m why I ov me | '•V .> ‘- b* ••• I 111 t- ' ’ ''e‘ ' ■ 1 i know aS., that by pets .tssily rr. .mmend- ; :n< i. I Lav.' - 4 wmv ~f t -y f• .1 s i Sk ‘ ... fr 1 I. r .t a n ”y ! « «:. a word of counsel j I may dsre • wme .me.” tine of the j■ r‘ ’ wb n Mr* Eran- ; r.» r«woK,me:..‘» i i’.:.k I' .s • S:a ;>n i A E . ;it < H I k ■ f L..dk < . n-. r. .md i the rep.rdr f s'. . h pa r ; th- j M t f ,v. .. . . : • atru .i ! m . g tra • Mr 1 ■ - <• ' u. -: , '‘‘ ■' e.u • f M -I . *ra‘l hr” i appeared m uL g- -H h« a; , spinta, I a; ’ ac n.; !e ■<, -.ry -■ ' ' ■■■ . ;.■> . ■i> ' K ' I've mn.lv a d - verv. >r at least Mrs J Era we <s f.r me. 1 Late been . p. r * health f r a Img t.uie with a heart tr e. j ■ Ide variously m; ited We hare been I *> fu'iy nirrvsu-l Mr- Er.n. s' won- ' derful r<s overy •: .p 1 at e d.-’erm • cd I t.. g vet: . re- •:. mended nth ,r .. -g- fest, s ,;b -ut two o; ■, .; k !t o . I j L tight the firs' b ■ f Dr. Wdimt:;l’mk . T - Only !«■' :i ' T-. pi.-i-.' t. te. yet । already 1 am, sj mu' > mipr >ved, s.. much • I . “er able I > fulfill n. ;• s.> k,|.|gu.r.e that lam on the r ■ dto r< very, ' that I feil hke a r.cw i s ::i "I . an r.«w walk with.>nt she fat g, e I once exper.et cd. :;;y lu sr: aide. '. m npper.rs to be rCtwe.!, and 1 have joined ■ . Mr. Eoster e ■ o at a tlaw ulu «■’ mipleteiy pr - trated. after be had suffered such a severe a uvk ,f heart trouble that it was necessary to carry him home from his office. S e then he Las faithfully adhered to 1 the remedy and s con-'antiy improving, I so much to as to excite his enthusiasm and h.k gra'.tr.de. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain, in a condensed form, ail the elements necessary to give new life nmt richness to the blood and restore shattered nerves. Pink Pills are sold by all dva,< r*. or win l-o sent post paid on rece.pt of price. s’l cents a box or six box *s for by nddr* ssing Dr. Williams' Med. Co. S die .. tady^X.Y. Homeseckers' Excursions South. On the loth and 16th of June, also July 6. 7, 20 and -1. and several dates during August, September and October, the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad x'o. sell first-class round-trip tickets, good ol days from date of sale, for one fare, plus $2.(Xt. fur the round trip, to al! points m Florida and the South. Tracks, trains, time all the best. For further information address C. W. Humphrey, N. P. A.. St. Paul. Minn. City ticket office. 182 Clark street, or C. L. Stone, G. P. & T. A.. Chicago. Since the beginning of this century • no fewer than fifty-two volcanic isl- ! j andfi'»liave risen out of the sea; nine- ■ j teen disappeared, being submerged; the : I others remain, and ten are now inhab- ■ Ued.

If Remote from Medical Help, Doubly essential Is it that you should be provided with some reliable family medicine. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters Is the best of its class, remedying thoroughly as It does such common ailments as Indigestion, constipation and' biliousness, and affording safe and speedy help In malarial cases, rheumatism and Inactivity of the kidneys. Politeness Hard on Hats. The result of the excessive bowing Is that Paris hatters do a larger business than those of any other city. Nothing ruins a hat so quickly as constant bows with it. In London, where meh are less polite, a hat lasts twice as long, usually giving way first at the crown Instead of at the nape, or brim, as do French hats. Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Is taken Internally. Price 75 cents. The maximum age assigned to the pine Is said to be 700 years; to the red beech, 245; to the oak, 410; and to the ash, 145 years. He was madly, passionately in love — won by the matchless beauty of her complexion. Glenn's Sulphur Soap had imparted the charm. Os druggists. The earl of Aberdeen is sending a moose from Canada to the Royal Zoological garden, Dublin. If the care of the hair were made a part of a lady's education, we should not see so many gray heads, and the use of Hall's Hair Reuewer would be unnecessary. Thirty days are required for mail to ' '~avel between New York and Cal- - tta. For lung and chest diseases, Piso's Cure is the best medicine we have used.—Mrs. J. L. Northcott, Windsor, Ont., Canada. It is hard to convince a lazy man that he isn’t the victim of bad lin k. Buy fl w'-rth iMbb n* F.natm; Borax Soap of y»ur tracer, send *rappors to Pobbius ~oap MIV < a, Philadrlphta. Pa. They will send you. fr** « t ch-rgr. p «»u i»*ld a Woroe»»er Poclek Dictionary. pa^r". ciathU und; profu»ely 11 titrated. Offer gt»od till Auc I < u!y Mrs. Wln«!ow’» Hoothixg Srarr for Children teetning miUm t e guma, reduces infiuunixtiuu. allays 1 bid. cure* wind colic. & cent* a bottle.

I \ “A Scorcher.” ® < Tobacco Dealers say r that ® X "BATTLE AX ft is a “scorcher” X because it sells so fast* Tobacco v ICh ewers say r it is a “scorcher” be- St cause 5 cents 1 worth goes so far* It*s as good as can be made regardless of 5 cost* The 5 cent piece is almost as v large as the other fellows' 10 cent piece* X jt'b’fMA “Wash us with Pearline! ‘‘ That’s all we ask. Save us from that dreadful rubbing - It’s wearing us out! “We want Pearline—the original washing-compound—-the one that has proved that it* can’t hurt us —Pearlind Don’t experiment on us with imitations! Wed rather be rubbed to pieces than eaten up." “A Fair Face Cannot Atone for An Untidy House.’’ Use SAPOLIO

A Child Enjoye The pleasant flavor, gentle action anC , soothing effects of Syrup of Figs, whew . in need of a laxative, and If the father; or mother be costive or bilious, the most’ gratifying results follow its use; so that It Is the best family remedy known, and every family should have a bottle. Every ton of Atlantic water, when evaporated, yields SI pounds of salt; a ton of Pacific water, 79 pounds; Arctie and Antarctic waters yield 85 pound* to the ton, and Dead Sea water IST pounds.

BICYCLISTS SHOULD SALMiI CURES Wounds, Bruises, Sunburn, Sprains, Lameness, Insect Bites, and ALL PAIN. After hard TFORK or EXERCISING rub with it to AVOID LAMENESS. REFUSE SUBSTITUTES —Weak, Watery, Worthless. POND’S EXTRACT OINTMENT cures PILES. s “AT<>f“ POND’S EXTRACT CO., 76 Ffth Av« - Yartt BED WETTING IS. BoKan. Milwaukee, Wife Al n CVCQ MADE NEW-Awa. wjth*pecuk'l«*. UL UL.I L J Bjms.l 10c. Lock Box 7-18. X. York, C. N. U. No. 27-0® UTHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISER* ’' ple»w aay you haw the adsertlaettMit* Ln this pa,»er.